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small-pox

small-pox is the obsolete spelling of smallpox.

Meaning of smallpox

Noun

smallpox (usually uncountable, plural smallpoxes)

  1. (usually) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
    • The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
    Synonyms:
    variola

Questions about small-pox

What is small-pox the obsolete spelling of?
Small-pox is the obsolete spelling of smallpox.

Words near small-pox in the dictionary

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  2. small-mindedly
  3. small-mindedness
  4. small-penis syndrome
  5. small-potatoes
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